My DH has a friend who he has known since secondary school. They were best friends, best man at each others' weddings etc. His DW and i have sort of become friends because of the fact our DH's are friends. They have a DD who is a year older than our DS.
This woman has had a lot of mental problems, she was adopted as a baby and is a very insecure person. She went through a bout of severe depression about 6 years ago and was sectioned under the mental health act and spent about 6 months on a psychiatric ward. She seems to have got it together now but what really annoys me is the way she treats her DH.
Her DH is a lovely guy, would do anything for anyone, the kind of guy who I've never ever seen lose his temper. He was there for her when she needed him most, he visited her in hospital when no-one else did, and he stood by her through everything. And yet she treats him like crap. She constantly puts him down, constantly tells him how useless he is, and then expects me to agree with her and put my own DH down in the same manner. I hate it, and refuse to go down to that level. Recently they had a major row on a day they were meant to be visiting us, she rang me 30 minutes before they were due to be there and told me about the row, in graphic detail, and then when they arrived she insisted on going over it all again and trying to get me to agree that her DH was in the wrong. I just said that we didn't want to be involved in their domestics thank you very much.
Does anyone else have friends who do this to any extent?